Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Ted

#389 most common boys' name of all time · #849 across all names · >99% boys / <1% girls · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#389
Rank overall
#849 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
75,424
Since 2016
454
Peak year
1958 #173
Best rank
#144 1935
Girls Boys peak 1,748/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Ted is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 37 37 #3,181
2024 — 44 44 #2,874
2023 — 43 43 #2,897
2022 — 41 41 #3,005
2021 — 38 38 #3,122
2020 — 35 35 #3,205
2019 — 55 55 #2,421
2018 — 49 49 #2,579
2017 — 56 56 #2,323
2016 — 56 56 #2,338
2015 — 48 48 #2,566
2014 — 59 59 #2,257
2013 — 73 73 #1,915
2012 — 67 67 #2,049
2011 — 66 66 #2,036
2010 — 81 81 #1,806
2009 — 53 53 #2,402
2008 — 75 75 #1,917
2007 — 61 61 #2,185
2006 — 59 59 #2,178
2005 — 75 75 #1,752
2004 — 72 72 #1,748
2003 — 74 74 #1,673
2002 — 99 99 #1,332
2001 — 99 99 #1,317
2000 — 97 97 #1,325
1999 — 112 112 #1,162
1998 — 106 106 #1,174
1997 — 127 127 #1,006
1996 — 135 135 #955
1995 — 150 150 #894
1994 — 163 163 #835
1993 — 179 179 #790
1992 — 188 188 #758
1991 — 177 177 #771
1990 — 249 249 #643
1989 — 268 268 #598
1988 — 290 290 #535
1987 — 282 282 #544
1986 — 298 298 #511
1985 — 267 267 #531
1984 — 288 288 #497
1983 — 299 299 #488
1982 — 317 317 #474
1981 — 339 339 #449
1980 6 364 370 #430
1979 — 354 354 #424
1978 — 361 361 #408
1977 — 417 417 #383
1976 — 432 432 #368
1975 — 455 455 #363
1974 — 478 478 #353
1973 — 543 543 #321
1972 5 664 669 #285
1971 7 802 809 #267
1970 — 944 944 #246
1969 5 1,058 1,063 #222
1968 — 1,047 1,047 #219
1967 10 953 963 #230
1966 — 1,075 1,075 #213
1965 — 1,243 1,243 #201
1964 — 1,507 1,507 #185
1963 5 1,578 1,583 #188
1962 — 1,701 1,701 #180
1961 5 1,683 1,688 #183
1960 — 1,695 1,695 #184
1959 — 1,672 1,672 #181
1958 5 1,743 1,748 #173
1957 — 1,636 1,636 #184
1956 5 1,457 1,462 #191
1955 — 1,409 1,409 #188
1954 5 1,343 1,348 #191
1953 — 1,305 1,305 #190
1952 — 1,412 1,412 #182
1951 5 1,387 1,392 #180
1950 — 1,355 1,355 #170
1949 5 1,379 1,384 #169
1948 — 1,476 1,476 #163
1947 — 1,647 1,647 #157
1946 — 1,490 1,490 #158
1945 — 1,238 1,238 #155
1944 8 1,166 1,174 #160
1943 7 1,236 1,243 #157
1942 5 1,252 1,257 #156
1941 — 1,096 1,096 #156
1940 — 1,047 1,047 #159
1939 6 1,079 1,085 #149
1938 — 1,111 1,111 #147
1937 — 1,062 1,062 #147
1936 7 1,064 1,071 #144
1935 6 1,085 1,091 #144
1934 — 1,052 1,052 #146
1933 9 1,040 1,049 #145
1932 9 1,067 1,076 #147
1931 6 983 989 #155
1930 6 983 989 #156
1929 10 853 863 #167
1928 12 826 838 #175
1927 10 762 772 #190
1926 13 764 777 #191
1925 — 670 670 #209
1924 11 610 621 #219
1923 7 592 599 #218
1922 5 606 611 #219
1921 10 614 624 #214
1920 7 545 552 #231
1919 10 572 582 #217
1918 8 564 572 #220
1917 10 498 508 #221
1916 9 453 462 #235
1915 — 403 403 #241
1914 — 309 309 #243
1913 — 247 247 #239
1912 — 244 244 #220
1911 — 97 97 #264
1910 — 127 127 #204
1909 — 122 122 #184
1908 — 113 113 #188
1907 — 112 112 #189
1906 — 89 89 #199
1905 5 115 120 #170
1904 — 94 94 #190
1903 — 71 71 #211
1902 — 87 87 #192
1901 — 64 64 #214
1900 — 75 75 #234
1899 — 34 34 #305
1898 — 39 39 #306
1897 — 28 28 #358
1896 — 30 30 #356
1895 — 24 24 #394
1894 — 23 23 #396
1893 — 12 12 #587
1892 — 15 15 #535
1891 — 22 22 #373
1890 — 20 20 #412
1889 — 25 25 #359
1888 — 21 21 #413
1887 — 20 20 #374
1886 — 10 10 #618
1885 — 10 10 #615
1884 — 10 10 #623
1883 — 13 13 #515
1882 — 14 14 #503
1881 — 7 7 #725
1880 — 13 13 #521